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Pacific Women Management Response Mid Term Review of the Papua New Guinea Country Plan Bougainville Report
Pacific Women Lead Publications
In 2015 the Governments of Australia and Papua New Guinea, and the Autonomous Bougainville Government agreed on a Bougainville Gender Investment Plan for 2014–2019. The Australian...
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Pacific Women Mid Term Review of the Papua New Guinea Country Plan Bougainville Report
Pacific Women Lead Publications
In 2015 the Governments of Australia and Papua New Guinea, and the Autonomous Bougainville Government agreed on a Bougainville Gender Investment Plan for 2014–2019. The Australian...
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Young Women Lead the Change in Bougainville
Pacific Women Lead Publications
‘The [Young Women’s Leadership Project] gave me strength, it made me realise that I can become a woman leader,’ said Elma Vesiana, a young woman from Wakunai District. Her story is shared...
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Palau Women Entrepreneurship Forum highlights the business of culture and wellbeing
Pacific Women Lead Publications
Palau’s Ministry of Community and Cultural Affairs hosted a women’s forum titled ‘The Business of Culture and Wellbeing’ in March 2020 to raise awareness and promote discussion around...
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Pacific Women Papua New Guinea Performance Report 2012 - 2015
Pacific Women Lead Publications
This is the first progress report of the Pacific Women Shaping Pacific Development program (Pacific Women) in Papua New Guinea. It provides a snapshot of the program’s achievements and...
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Ensuring that Survivors’ Stories are Documented Sensitively
Pacific Women Lead Publications
Vois Blong Mere Solomon (VBMS), meaning Voice of Women, is a non-government organisation in Solomon Islands that engages with the media to improve gender-sensitive reporting. VBMS staff...
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Legal Aid for Survivors of Domestic Violence in the Cook Islands
Pacific Women Lead Publications
A new joint initiative is making legal aid available for domestic violence survivors in the Cook Islands.The Punanga Tauturu Inc, a women’s counselling centre, and the Gender and...
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Financial Literacy and Business Skills Training of Trainer Workshop
Pacific Women Lead Publications
In mid-May, Pacific Women supported a three-day Financial Literacy and Business Skills Training-of-Trainer Workshop in Port Moresby. The workshop was facilitated by researchers and a team...
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Responding to Violence Against Women in Melanesia and East Timor
Australian Government Publications
The report titled ‘Violence against Women in Melanesia and East Timor: Building on Global and Regional Promising Approaches’ by the Australian Government’s Office of Development...
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Coming Home - Reintegration in Communities After Accusations of Sorcery
Pacific Women Lead Publications
Beaten and named a sorcerer by her community, Mary fled her home. With support from Oxfam and the Kafe Urban Settlers Women’s Association, Mary was able to access the crisis services she...
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Stronger Counselling Services in Tuvalu
Pacific Women Lead Publications
The Tuvalu Family Protection and Domestic Violence Act 2014 includes a provision for certified counsellors to provide services to survivors of violence. As Tuvalu did not have any...
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Value for Money for Support for Women in the Coffee Industry
Pacific Women Lead Publications
Coffee is a major source of farming income in Papua New Guinea. CARE’s Coffee Industry Support Project is improving outcomes for women in the industry. Farmers’ income has increased as a...
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Formal Qualifications for Women Leaders
Pacific Women Lead Publications
Pacific Women has supported 44 women in Solomon Islands to complete internationally-recognised Certificate IV training in leadership and management through the Australia-Pacific Training...
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Overcoming Barries and Supporting Others: The Success of Trudy Kalotiti
Pacific Women Lead Publications
As a child, Trudy Joel Kalotiti would weave with her mother. They would sell their handicraft to visitors from cruise ships that passed by her island of Aneityum (also known as Mystery...
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Tackling Childcare: The Business Case for Employer Supported Childcare in Fiji
Pacific Women Lead Publications
Each year, businesses and the public sector in Fiji are losing an average of 12.7 workdays per employee due to the responsibilities of working parents. Limited, unregulated and...
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Orange Day in Marshall Islands to stop violence against women and girls
Pacific Women Lead Publications
Women United Together in Marshall Island’s (WUTMI) believe that greater action is needed to intensify and strengthen partnerships to better address the issue of sexual violence and...
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Review of Counselling Services for Survivors of Violence in the Pacific
Pacific Women Lead Publications
Quality counselling is a key service in supporting survivors of violence against women. To better understand the status of counselling in the region, Pacific Women conducted a review of...
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Drawing on Evidence to Design Effective Support for Women’s Leadership
Pacific Women Lead Publications
The pathway for women to political leadership in Samoa is through a unique governance system that incorporates modern democratic principles and the fa’amatai system of community...
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The Many Ways Programs Can Be Inclusive of Women and Girls with Disability
Pacific Women Lead Publications
With global data showing that people with disabilities are at a greater risk of experiencing violence, it is important for initiatives aimed at ending violence against women to...
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Involving the Whole family to Ensure Women’s Economic Empowerment
Pacific Women Lead Publications
Two agricultural projects in Papua New Guinea are taking a family-based approach to improve gender equality. The projects are demonstrating how working with women and men farmers in their...